Certified Lover Boy
by Drake
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3.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1158 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 253 out of 1158
  2. Mixed: 218 out of 1158
  3. Negative: 687 out of 1158
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  1. ChiIIaoi
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Review só pra lembrar a nota que eu dei pro album:
    album ruim, agora só escrever pra passar dos 75 caracteres.
  2. 305Records
    Mar 5, 2023
    1
    His second worst album behind Honestly nevermind. Drake isn’t trying anymore
  3. sennikotka
    Feb 1, 2023
    1
    The fact that this album was released alongside Simz' Sometimes I Might Be Introvert shows how far away Drake was and still is from the top. Lyrically, Drake is like a wet paper towel in his flows. His moaning, his fake damaged attitude, his lack of new ideas that have carried over to his newer albums. Did you hear he has a son? And that he **** Because its the only thing he mentions onThe fact that this album was released alongside Simz' Sometimes I Might Be Introvert shows how far away Drake was and still is from the top. Lyrically, Drake is like a wet paper towel in his flows. His moaning, his fake damaged attitude, his lack of new ideas that have carried over to his newer albums. Did you hear he has a son? And that he **** Because its the only thing he mentions on the entire album!
    The only reason this album gets a 1 and not a 0 is because of Knife Talk, which transforms from an absolute banger to one of the greatest unintentional comedies of all time after the first verse, when Drake says that "it's gettin' real oppy outside". The rest of the song consists of Drake dropping far too many bars about tennis and 21 Savage saying that he is "sticky". Greatest lyricists of all time.    … Expand
  4. BladeLover2049
    Oct 22, 2022
    0
    Just listen the album, no more explication (but i prefer to not hear it). Drake should take a little bit more serious his legacy, rather than make money, at least one time
  5. euthless
    Sep 25, 2022
    2
    (censoring myself 'cause I aint risking shii) I rarely/barely review albums but I feel like this one deserves one... in all the wrong ways possible.

    This was actually so much torture to my ears that our favorite lsbian artist Drake actually made me feel uninterested in life after departing from the record, altough I felt relief that it was over, the Certified Boy Lover himself would later    (censoring myself 'cause I aint risking shii) I rarely/barely review albums but I feel like this one deserves one... in all the wrong ways possible.

    This was actually so much torture to my ears that our favorite lsbian artist Drake actually made me feel uninterested in life after departing from the record, altough I felt relief that it was over, the Certified Boy Lover himself would later haunt my dreams with the expertisely captured theme of BOREDOM, like I thought my everyday life was boring, this album makes it (my life) seem like a grand finale to your favorite film.

    Drake seemingly confesses to us that he is a lsbian in the line that goes sumthin like, "you're a lsbian, girl? me too", now although I am not a lsbian myself, I would not let this man/woman into my community if I was on the receiving end of this. This is a horrendously boring record with no effort from Drake whatsoever, the features carry this man like was done to my grandmas body after she was found dead in her apartment (rest in peace). Every song sounds like a trip, not like a Travis Scott trip - no - like I was trapped in a room, force-fed to listen to an album and am suffering from the side effects type trip.

    Don't even compare this man to Kanye, or ya'll are a disgrace to the face of this earth. 2/10 (all that score going to the features)    … Expand
  6. BigManRyan4
    Jul 29, 2022
    0
    It sucks ass it killed my grandmother and it made my crippled friend who is disabled from the waste down to stand up just to turn this **** off certified lover boy more like certified stinky boy
  7. AShinyG1ratina
    Jun 21, 2022
    2
    If it weren’t for the features this would be a 1.
    Also “said that you’re a lesbian, girl, me too” is quite literally a **** Chris Chan bar.
  8. samuelmirands
    Jun 21, 2022
    1
    People trashing HN must have never listened to this one. This is pure trash and generic and lazy trap tracks.
  9. SourGapes
    Jun 19, 2022
    0
    The fact that not a single critic is willing to give this record a negative review is concerning.
  10. Gorilla124
    Jun 10, 2022
    3
    Gets washed by every feature. 0 cohesiveness on the album and is a retread of all of his old stuff but just done really badly.
  11. Joffnatic
    May 26, 2022
    3
    Drake doesn't seem to have found a direction on this one. He's been sticking to the same damn sound since 2015, and this album is almost no different from his previous in terms of sound. However his features, especially Kid Cudi, Travis Scott and Rick Ross perform great on this album, which is why I'm bumping it up a bit. However to be able to listen to Drake's performance I have to bringDrake doesn't seem to have found a direction on this one. He's been sticking to the same damn sound since 2015, and this album is almost no different from his previous in terms of sound. However his features, especially Kid Cudi, Travis Scott and Rick Ross perform great on this album, which is why I'm bumping it up a bit. However to be able to listen to Drake's performance I have to bring two energy drinks on the bus with me. The ride takes about 15 minutes. This album is not good.… Expand
  12. KingDeuce
    Mar 30, 2022
    1
    The highly anticipated "Certified Lover Boy" from superstar rapper Drake who I used to be a huge fan of back in 2016, has proved to be... almost complete garbage. Seriously, Drake is just lazy at this point since he reached a point where he doesn't have to care anymore and he's just going to make sales because his name is on it. The album has a long run time at almost 1 and a half hoursThe highly anticipated "Certified Lover Boy" from superstar rapper Drake who I used to be a huge fan of back in 2016, has proved to be... almost complete garbage. Seriously, Drake is just lazy at this point since he reached a point where he doesn't have to care anymore and he's just going to make sales because his name is on it. The album has a long run time at almost 1 and a half hours which if you ask me is an absurdly long runtime just to fill it with **** it pretty much wasted the most precious part of my day, waking up at 4pm and putting on new music to listen to while I grind something on PlayStation. The album, out of its runtime, is horrendous for about ! hour and 21 minutes of it, with the only decent to good tracks being "Champagne Poetry" which gives me heavy Tuscan Leather vibes for some reason and I thoroughly enjoy the track. The other being "7am on Bridle Path" which is also a decent to good cut from the rapper. I can't even talk about any of the rest of the tracks because of how bad they are. If i were to sum up the other 19 tracks, it would just be as lengthy as the album and all it would tell you is how poor the tracks are. So to summarize it, all the other songs are terrible and this is easily the worst project we've gotten from the "6 God". Really after this album, he really hasn't put out anything good since, might as well call him the "Mid God" at this point. Really if Drake put as much time and effort as he did into those 2 aforementioned songs and did it for every song on the album, and made it shorter because I think this run time is pretty lengthy and tedious to get through, I'd have no problem giving the album a higher rating, but the problem is he didn't so I will not, and I will probably never return to this album aside from those 2 songs. If I ever return to this album, it's either ironically to make fun of it or I've just declined and turned stupid.

    Oh and that album cover... what the **** drake, are you good bro? not music wise though because we already know he isn't good in that way anymore

    1/10

    Favorite Tracks: Champagne Poetry, 7am On Bridle Path
    Worst Tracks: Papi's Home, Girls Want Girls, In the Bible, Love All, Fair Trade, Way 2 Sexy, Race My Mind, Fountains, Get Along Better, You Only Live Twice , IMY2 (Ft. Kid Cudi), ****ing Fans, The Remorse, TSU, N 2 Deep , Pipe Down, Yebba's Heartbreak, No Friends in the Industry
    Knife Talk    … Expand
  13. Ryan303
    Jan 7, 2022
    0
    This album is Utter garbage that mutt drake should just do the world a favor and off him self
  14. Wanesta
    Dec 28, 2021
    0
    Drake's ego sadly got the best of him on Certified Lover Boy. Where to begin - shall we discuss the lazy overused and dull production, the cringe and teeth grinding lyrics, the horrible and terrible samples, or the simple fact that it's not only Drake's worst album but one of the worst rap albums ever recorded. Clocking at a horrific 86 minutes, we are zooming out into obscurity whileDrake's ego sadly got the best of him on Certified Lover Boy. Where to begin - shall we discuss the lazy overused and dull production, the cringe and teeth grinding lyrics, the horrible and terrible samples, or the simple fact that it's not only Drake's worst album but one of the worst rap albums ever recorded. Clocking at a horrific 86 minutes, we are zooming out into obscurity while trying our hardest to enjoy the dump we are listening to. Out of 21 stinkers, only 2 tracks keep our attention, a laughable ratio. Do we even need to mention the album cover?… Expand
  15. evermore13
    Nov 18, 2021
    3
    It demonstrates how sonically rigorous even the most casual, tossed-off Drake songs are. But its storytelling doesn’t always hold up to strict scrutiny. «Certified Lover Boy» is his least musically imaginative album, the one where he pushes himself the least in terms of method and pattern.
  16. aftergiowhore
    Nov 4, 2021
    3
    The only thing i like about this album is probably the future and the travis scott features. It feels like an repetitive audio book on most of its run time. Just drake being mid nothin new.
  17. Lavecchia
    Nov 1, 2021
    3
    Had like 2 good songs. Fair trade was saved by Travis Scott, and Get Along Better is Ty Dolla $ign’s song. Album is bloated with Ghost writing and generic trap beats. Album cover is lame
  18. RezaDonna
    Oct 30, 2021
    0
    generic lyric with dump production and worst lead single he choose for album he try sing but cant do it this should be mixtape not an album wbk his local rapper with boring a$$ songs
  19. Urfriendlykj
    Oct 23, 2021
    2
    CLF Really sucked i was expecting a good album. only has one "nice song" called Way 2 Sexy. The rest of the album is just tiktok esque cringey songs. The Old Drake was wayyyyyy better.
  20. Drippyc
    Oct 23, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The most very overhyped album (this year) other then hall of fame by Piano g… Expand
  21. YEEZYFLESHLIGHT
    Oct 13, 2021
    0
    WE OFF THE GRID GRID GRID THIS ALBUM MID MID MID. jk its trash, drizzy is washed and this only got a positive score from the critics because hes lightskin
  22. bedroom
    Oct 7, 2021
    3
    Drake is a lesbian.
    But for real tho, this album feels so underwhelming it's not worth hearing it if you are not searching for the most generic rap pop hip-hop out there, it's been some time now since Drake stopped trying and I was certainly hoping for a better comeback, I don't know if Drake will ever try again and I doubt it, Drake is so comfortable releasing stuff that will make number    Drake is a lesbian.
    But for real tho, this album feels so underwhelming it's not worth hearing it if you are not searching for the most generic rap pop hip-hop out there, it's been some time now since Drake stopped trying and I was certainly hoping for a better comeback, I don't know if Drake will ever try again and I doubt it, Drake is so comfortable releasing stuff that will make number that he refuses to make something that resembles his beginnings, the first two tracks of the album gave me hope, but the rest of the album is so predictable and empty, is music without a soul or real feelings, he now writes songs that are unremarkable, forgettable and lazy. Lacks a lot, but specially quality, for me it feels like listening to some random generic rapper who makes bland music. If you like Drake, listen to Nothing was the same, because he was damn right.    … Expand
  23. PatchWurk777
    Sep 24, 2021
    2
    We were all expecting this to be horrible. But no one was expecting this bad. It’s truly ear grating and horrifying to listen to. If I hear drakes voice just one more **** time this year I will cry.
  24. BigDJohnWick
    Sep 22, 2021
    3
    Drake's rapping doesn't land on this one, the bar "say that you a lesbian, yeah me too" just summarizes Drake in this album, super lackluster, production is boring and uninventful, the only good thing about the album is that some choruses are TikTok worthy, but the rest is bland and terrible.
  25. DylanR723
    Sep 19, 2021
    2
    It’s hard to enjoy an album even the artist clearly doesn’t enjoy. Drake sounds so bored and tired the whole album. This is by far one of his laziest bodies of work yet. Most of the features are half-assed, and most of the production is lazy and identical throughout the entire project. And it’s hard to enjoy an album that has someone whining and complaining about the same stuff the entireIt’s hard to enjoy an album even the artist clearly doesn’t enjoy. Drake sounds so bored and tired the whole album. This is by far one of his laziest bodies of work yet. Most of the features are half-assed, and most of the production is lazy and identical throughout the entire project. And it’s hard to enjoy an album that has someone whining and complaining about the same stuff the entire 1hr and a half run time. There are very few good/decent songs, one of them being a song Drake isn’t even on—thankfully. Save yourself from falling asleep in boredom. Save yourself from wasting your time, and don’t listen to this half-assed, lazy, sloppy garbage.… Expand
  26. GoatCloze123
    Sep 19, 2021
    0
    Quite literally the worst album I ever heard. Drakes new music is so bad. He only makes songs for the radio now and they aren't that good.
  27. IchBinPain
    Sep 19, 2021
    1
    Super disappointing - boring, nothing new, no progression. The production is ok, the lyricism was lazy.
  28. Tbone413
    Sep 17, 2021
    3
    it’s just not good, it’s the same boring beat every song with nothing unique, special or enjoyable and the features don’t really stand out either. It’s not the worst thing ever created but I just haven’t found anything to enjoy about it
  29. Tach
    Sep 11, 2021
    0
    Certified mid boy, drake dropped the worst album of the year.

    Ye literally won by a mile
  30. beticofer
    Sep 11, 2021
    0
    Las críticas de expertos no valen para nada, todo se mueve por afinidad política. Más nota que Donda jajajaj. Es una basura, para dormir a las ovejas.
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. RapReviews.com
    Oct 19, 2021
    45
    It’s beige, hollow music and that’s what ultimately frustrates your dedicated rap listener because it doesn’t make sense why it’s so damn popular. When you throw the poor writing on top of this, and some real hit-and-miss production into the mix, “Certified Lover Boy” may well be Drake’s worst album.
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  2. Slant Magazine
    Sep 13, 2021
    40
    Drake comes across as an artist who’s bought into his mythos and persona a bit too ardently. ... The production on Certified Lover Boy is svelte yet airless, filled with lots of solemn piano lines and muted snares but absent of big flourishes or attempts at pop crossover. It’s an approach that’s likely aiming for tasteful restraint, but the effect is languid and rather directionless.
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  3. The Observer (UK)
    Sep 13, 2021
    40
    Things start promisingly with the undulating Champagne Poetry dextrously reflecting on loneliness (“career is going great, but now the rest of me is fading slowly”), while Papi’s Home recalls early Kanye, of all people, with its sped-up samples and laid-back flow. Later, however, that playfulness calcifies into headline-grabbing stunts. ... This is an album destined to be filleted for various #mood playlists, anchored only by its creator’s untouchable fame.
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